O'Hara Township, Pennsylvania

O'Hara Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Township of O'Hara
Houses on Highland Terrace
Houses on Highland Terrace
O'Hara Twp is located in Pennsylvania
O'Hara Twp
O'Hara Twp
O'Hara Twp is located in the United States
O'Hara Twp
O'Hara Twp
Coordinates: 40°29′53″N 79°53′12″W / 40.49806°N 79.88667°W / 40.49806; -79.88667
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
Area
 • Total7.38 sq mi (19.11 km2)
 • Land7.02 sq mi (18.19 km2)
 • Water0.36 sq mi (0.92 km2)
Population
 • Total9,288 Increase
 • Estimate 
(2022)[2]
9,075
 • Density1,210.14/sq mi (467.25/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code42-003-56384

O'Hara Township is a township with home rule status[3] in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, six miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh. The community was long organized as a township, and retains "Township" in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 (taking effect on January 5, 1976)[3] and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code. The population was 9,288 at the 2020 census.[2]

It is named for James O'Hara, an early American industrialist in western Pennsylvania, and a Revolutionary War general.[4]

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b Pennsylvania Code Title 302, Section 21.1-101 et seq. Archived September 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "What's in a name? For some, a bit of history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 10, 1984. p. 1. Retrieved May 16, 2015.